Works for 5ghz out to about 20 miles and it's cheaper and quicker than a bucket truck. Gets me concrete numbers on how high and what size antenna is necessary.
https://youtu.be/ohBBrsoxOYI On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 1:58 PM, David Jones <d...@nglconnection.com> wrote: > Good day, I am trying to list out all the uses for a drone to justify > buying one. > > Here are a few that I have come up with: > > 1. New tower site surveys. we are running into areas that our standard 45' > tower will not cut it. (I know its short but hey we have elevation changes > from 7200' to 8600' in less than 3 miles.) a drone could be used to > determine how high a tower needs to be to get the best coverage. > > 2. Tower maintenance. We have a water tower that we are on that is no > longer in use nor maintained. The top ladder is about to fall off and we > need to get it repaired. A drone can take the needed pictures from the top > to help us determine what parts/bolts/welder we need to fix it. That would > save a trip with an 80' bucket truck so we only will need it once. > > What else can anyone think of for use of a drone? What would justify the > cost to make it clearly a tool and not a toy? > > -- > David Jones > NGL Connection > 307-288-5491 ext 702 <(307)%20288-5491> > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >
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